[1] In the summer of 1957, ABC owned-and-operated Los Angeles affiliate KABC began broadcasting a show entitled Traffic Court.
[2] First the series aired locally but became part of ABC's national daytime schedule.
[citation needed] Day in Court premiered on October 13, 1958 as part of ABC's daytime schedule.
[3] Edgar Allan Jones, Jr. and William Gwinn played the judge on alternating days.
By 1964, Day in Court was daytime TV's top-ranked program, with 20 million viewers.